LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Anti-Corruption Circle Lahore arrested three suspects and seized a consignment of counterfeit medicines during a raid in Raiwind on Friday.
According to an FIA spokesperson, the arrested suspects included two alleged drug peddlers and their facilitator. A drug inspector from Allama Iqbal Town also participated in the operation.
The FIA team recovered a consignment of Amoxicap 500 capsules during the raid. The seized medicines were not manufactured by the original pharmaceutical company, the spokesperson said.
A case was registered against the suspects under the Drugs Act, 1976.
The FIA is tracing the original manufacturers of the counterfeit medicines and their supply network.
FIA Lahore Zone Director Captain (retd) Muhammad Ali Zia said operations against those involved in the manufacturing, distribution and sale of counterfeit and substandard medicines would continue.